tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post1523488848092107836..comments2023-08-16T09:06:24.871-05:00Comments on listening out loud: a day in mexicoterrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08284855262535595879noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-91731281766512960822008-03-03T21:36:00.000-06:002008-03-03T21:36:00.000-06:00I hope everyone is okay in your fam. I miss your e...I hope everyone is okay in your fam. I miss your entries! <BR/>-BBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15400616535243818828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-53474788424618236812008-03-03T10:42:00.000-06:002008-03-03T10:42:00.000-06:00Terri...you are TOTALLY valid:)I love you!JulieTerri...you are TOTALLY valid:)<BR/><BR/>I love you!<BR/><BR/>JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-52707168546489082262008-03-02T23:38:00.000-06:002008-03-02T23:38:00.000-06:00christianne: make your own dang quesadiLLa. :)kirs...christianne: make your own dang quesadiLLa. :)<BR/><BR/>kirsten: i miss you too. a commune sounds really nice right about now.<BR/><BR/>everyone: sorry i've been out but i'm dealing with a family emergency. i'll be checking back in soon with any luck.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284855262535595879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-23054038418158930162008-03-02T22:03:00.000-06:002008-03-02T22:03:00.000-06:00i know we've never actually met in the flesh terri...i know we've never actually met in the flesh terri. but i miss you. something serious.<BR/><BR/>can we just all live in a commune together?? i want to do life with you all for reals.<BR/><BR/>missing you tonight,<BR/>* kirstenkirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789771023962578029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-7995391769322442008-02-29T21:00:00.000-06:002008-02-29T21:00:00.000-06:00gosh! go fix me a quesadilla! (and when you say th...gosh! go fix me a quesadilla! (and when you say that, be sure to pronounce the l's the long way, not silent. this is napoleon dynamite, after all! gosh!)christiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278757714101308785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-72297621932331070952008-02-29T12:34:00.000-06:002008-02-29T12:34:00.000-06:00tammy: thanks about the poetic thing. and you're p...tammy: thanks about the poetic thing. and you're pretty silly yourself. it's nice when someone get my twisted humor. <BR/><BR/>di: flippin' sweet! i caught you a delicious bass in the ocean.<BR/><BR/>kirsten: oh, i miss that ocean something horrible. all the warmth and closeness and availability and just being. *sigh*terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284855262535595879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-47631406319084364592008-02-28T18:09:00.000-06:002008-02-28T18:09:00.000-06:00Terri a turtle wax commercial....? You are silly. ...Terri <BR/>a turtle wax commercial....? You are silly. And i wouldn't want you any other way.<BR/><BR/> I went to Wal-Mart today in search of a girl scout cookie pimp....could not find one....experiencing withdrawal symptoms...must check into over eaters anonymous rehab....have gotten kicked out of rehab for smuggling in donuts...They did not buy into, Hi name is Tammy i have an overeating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-17249183978605817522008-02-28T15:42:00.000-06:002008-02-28T15:42:00.000-06:00ha ha ha, di ... i'm loving the napoleon dynamite ...ha ha ha, di ... i'm loving the napoleon dynamite reference!!<BR/><BR/>i'm all about the pool, too. i was being mostly metaphorical when i referred to the ocean ... as in the "ocean of love" (geez, does that sound cheezy, or what?!) you were swimming in.<BR/><BR/>yeah.<BR/><BR/>i know, i was all "YAY YAY YAY!!!!" when i saw you were back. missed you something crazy.<BR/><BR/>love,<BR/>*kkirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789771023962578029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-58930660238218954632008-02-28T13:22:00.000-06:002008-02-28T13:22:00.000-06:00Goll you have skills!You know like nunchuku skills...Goll you have skills!<BR/><BR/>You know like nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills...<BR/><BR/>you like have empoetic skills!<BR/><BR/>your emperor book has these words and pics that elicit feelings and create vicarious experiences of what it's like to just BE there! <I>sweeet!</I>dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711461934901423087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-76267371009483496432008-02-28T10:44:00.000-06:002008-02-28T10:44:00.000-06:00TerriYou have a gift with words, so poetic you are...Terri<BR/>You have a gift with words, so poetic you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-19469166585044323302008-02-27T23:05:00.000-06:002008-02-27T23:05:00.000-06:00kirsten, i'm so pathetic...when i saw that you had...kirsten, i'm so pathetic...when i saw that you had left a comment i seriously said out loud, "oh, yay, yay, yay!" to MYSELF! thanks for getting all warm with me. i hate to admit it, but i never actually went in the ocean this time around. i'm kind of afraid of the water. pool all the way. and you can totally photoshop yourself into the pic...if you post it on your site. tee hee!terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284855262535595879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-81935281731612700382008-02-27T22:32:00.000-06:002008-02-27T22:32:00.000-06:00sigh.sigh. sigh. sigh.i loved the sound of you bei...sigh.<BR/><BR/>sigh. sigh. sigh.<BR/><BR/>i loved the sound of you being fully there, "turning the goodness over in my bone-clean hands".<BR/><BR/>oh yes, this is so, so good. i felt the warmth, imagined you bobbing in that untamed ocean, buoyed by the love surrounding you, receiving it all, soaking it all in. in the midst of something untamed, but you are safe.<BR/><BR/>thanks for sharing the kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789771023962578029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-73386149219964105932008-02-27T22:19:00.000-06:002008-02-27T22:19:00.000-06:00sarah: the winters are pretty long here, and it ma...sarah: the winters are pretty long here, and it makes for a kind of internal freeze at times. warm thoughts help a lot.<BR/><BR/>dave: i'm so there with you baby.<BR/><BR/>bella: that's so true...especially those of us from the northern world. did you get to visit the ocean while you were in california? it's good to hear from you again!terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284855262535595879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-51604069406294665002008-02-27T15:50:00.000-06:002008-02-27T15:50:00.000-06:00you have captured what I too feel when sitting at ...you have captured what I too feel when sitting at the ocean's shores, surrendered to the moment, bowing before such a teacher.<BR/>sometimes I feel all the lessons I would ever need to learn in this great world, I could come to simply be finding my way to the water.bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165771647378109845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-23623649077019458962008-02-27T12:01:00.000-06:002008-02-27T12:01:00.000-06:00Ummm . . . can we go back? Now.;)Ummm . . . can we go back? Now.<BR/><BR/>;)davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367346550402090368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-55728309277571931902008-02-27T10:38:00.000-06:002008-02-27T10:38:00.000-06:00I'm with Nathan and Christianne--wow.I was also st...I'm with Nathan and Christianne--wow.<BR/><BR/>I was also struck by "the sounds beneath the sounds" and also by "a poem to keep me alive in the dead of my winters." When things are dead, we SO have to remember what we've heard before and weave those sounds into what's around us at the time so we hear what's there and don't just hear the nothingness of winter.<BR/><BR/>This was gorgeous. I also Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220448315369951650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-62568648060648151652008-02-27T09:19:00.000-06:002008-02-27T09:19:00.000-06:00nate: i'm living vicariously through it too. thank...nate: i'm living vicariously through it too. thanks for the nice words.<BR/><BR/>scott: welcome! and i'm glad to give you a new metaphor for something you love.<BR/><BR/>christianne: the sounds underneath the sounds...i think you've been hearing a lot of those lately. and i thought about kirsten's poem too. thanks also for the compliments. that means a lot to me coming from the writers in my terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284855262535595879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-51466357758979533472008-02-27T08:30:00.000-06:002008-02-27T08:30:00.000-06:00My feet thawed a little reading that. You guys ar...My feet thawed a little reading that. You guys are a good lookin’ group! And that hotel in the background…(or is that your personal villa?)Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15042066987180810998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-39911559508875993192008-02-27T05:36:00.000-06:002008-02-27T05:36:00.000-06:00This brings tears, I am in awe of your gift,You sp...This brings tears, <BR/><BR/>I am in awe of your gift,<BR/><BR/>You speak to my heart.<BR/><BR/>You truly do....<BR/><BR/>I feel like i've just glimpsed eternity.<BR/><BR/>Love, MMaithrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039947095595430108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-19998092396085653732008-02-26T21:25:00.000-06:002008-02-26T21:25:00.000-06:00i'm with nathan: um, wow? i felt my heart slow dow...i'm with nathan: um, wow? <BR/><BR/>i felt my heart slow down its beating to the pace of your words and the lull of the ocean as i read this. <BR/><BR/>the part about the wildness of the water reminded me of kirsten's poem. <BR/><BR/>i love the part about listening to the sounds underneath the sounds, invading all your deaf places. whoa. you're right; we have deaf places that can learn to hear christiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278757714101308785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-54385341860222600632008-02-26T19:44:00.000-06:002008-02-26T19:44:00.000-06:00terri. I love the ocean. what a great picture in y...terri. I love the ocean. what a great picture in your poem of the ocean cradling the sky. Never thought of it that way even after thousands of hours sitting by the ocean on porches for over 30 years on vacations. <BR/>peace and glory to you.<BR/>i have a blog, too, at www.scottrdavis.blogspot.com<BR/>davis_scott_r@sbcglobal.net emailScott R. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643476686546579688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242695618504337982.post-57286761933401321842008-02-26T18:43:00.000-06:002008-02-26T18:43:00.000-06:00Terri, what is a good synonym for "wow!"? What you...Terri, what is a good synonym for "wow!"? What you've written here pulled me in like a rip tide.<BR/><BR/>The timbre of the sounds I heard in my head as I read this; the scents; the colors; the taste; the FEEL were all so distinctive and impacting. Thank God you wrote this down, so the rest of us could live just a little bit of it vicariously through you.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15036312314488843312noreply@blogger.com